Welcome to my new journal!
Okay, if you’re seeing this on LiveJournal or Facebook, this won’t seem terribly new. But this is being posted to my in-the-process-of-being-overhauled-web-site at www.oogby.com, and cross-posted everywhere else.
And wow, does this site need an overhaul. The old site just wasn’t very easy to edit, and was therefore terribly outdated. So I’m replacing my homegrown, not-quite-functional editing system with WordPress, adding a blog, and I’m going to try to keep up-to-date pages around for all my pet projects.
It’s going to be a bit messy while I’m rearranging everything.
And hopefully, I’ll feel more accountable for everything this way, and if random people I’ve met Google me and find my site, as they seem wont to do, they’ll get something a bit more meaningful than has been here in the past.
At least, that’s the hope. Let’s see how it goes.
Some unsolicited advice, having run WordPress sites for a few years…
Consider changing your permalinks so that they are nicer (ie, including a slugged title, date, etc.) instead of just “p=20”.
Also, be sure to keep an eye on WordPress upgrades–they have critical security problems on a frequent basis (seems like at least every week or two).
Consider also using Disqus for your comments, so that they’re easily portable if you decide to move on from WordPress in the future.
I’ve been really happy using Blogofile, which is a static site generator. I got tired of the WordPress upgrade cycle, and I like keeping everything in source control.
Thanks for the advice! I definitely want to change the permalinks, but apparently they require some server-level changes that I don’t entirely understand, and don’t have access to… gotta read up on that and make sure I can properly communicate what I need to the guy running the server for me.
Do you know anything about Akismet? My WordPress package came with it, and it’s tempting to sign up for an account since my LJ gets so many spammy comments.